Would you rather be on Instagram or X? Or neither?
I honestly would be neither but I also use them to check up on latest news, trends and connect with colleagues. The thing is, sometimes I fell into the bad habit of doom scrolling.
Typically, I don't install instagram unless I am traveling. I only use them because that's where I get information on places to check out and ask if a place is open. It's weird but you get faster reply like that in Indonesia. It's also the best place to find discounts and if a place have any offers going on but... sometimes I still have instagram installed even after coming back from the trip which always brings another problem.
Welcome to my brain dump, it's morning and when I can sit down, sipping a cup of coffee while contemplating life and emptying it out a little.
The only thing I remotely consider social media is definitely hive. I mean people here are also posting the same thing as instagram. You get to see selfies, food, people traveling all the time, there's also miscellaneous things as well. However, guess what? I felt a lot better posting here and consuming content here. I mean this is exactly how it was meant to but I wonder, what made it so different. Why do I feel uneasy when checking up on instagram but I feel motivated to check out Hive?
Here's the thing, instagram and Hive both can be monetized. They can earn us money and the playing field is also pretty much similar. You can't make it if you're just a small account without any breakthrough. Would I say hive is easier? I mean, if I were a newbie, probably I wouldn't say that. It's certainly unfair to compare both as one is giant social media and hive is still considered niche.
I mean, some people on hive are my friends and I met them IRL, some of them are friends that I have yet to meet, it's just like the people on instagram that made up of strangers, colleagues, people I get to meet during my travels. But the feeling is always different and whenever I am on hive, I always feel like I get to be inspired a lot more than if I were to be on instagram despite the said facts that I mentioned.
There needs to be a psychological study based on this and the comparison between the two.
I ended up uninstalling Instagram again from my phone. That was when I reclaim my focus back. I have been slacking off lately and felt on the dump cause it seems like everyone's life is great and mine sucked.
I mean, I know those people at least the ones I've followed. Behind what they showed, they have something going on and it's not something that they typically show either. However, when you're hooked, somehow my brain don't get that idea. It only when it no longer within my reach, I realized it all once again.
We've got 24 hours and just an hour scrolling on instagram could ruin the next 22 hours of yourself. I mean from my experience, just after doom scrolling, I was harboring some type of self-doubt or imposter syndrome.
The moment I was not there again, I was back doing whatever I believed it and though it might seem delulu for many, this has been my life for almost a decade and I get by just quite okay.
Have I missed out on anything? honestly, I don't think so. The only thing I missed out was my own progress 😂 cause since I got back from Yogyakarta, everything was sort of all over the place and then there was my sister's wedding that finally was done.
I might come back to this doom cycle and repeating this bad behavior. I think this is the 3rd time of me feeling sorry about it throughout the whole year but that's a sign that this isn't something that should be repeated. I need to create a rule to never install instagram on my phone, Ever Again.
That's all for my brain dump, I need to catch up with y'all posts and leaving comments here and there.
See you around and let me know what you think.
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I was thinking about this last night, I'm wasting a lot of time on Twitter and Instagram, especially at night before going to sleep. I need to lose this habit and get back to doing more productive things.
I think that's OK if you spend it before sleep. I do that with youtube where I'll fall asleep to my favorite youtube podcast.
I think I'll rather be on X to tell others in the web 2 space about Hive. That's basically what I use my X account for.
That's what I use too it too! I mean these days you gotta use everything and they are interconnected
Yeah, true.
I still have Instagram because I bookmarked all the workout videos that appear on my feed. It's easier to find them than FB bookmarks or YouTube.
ooooh I get that how instagram is easier to bookmark things. With youtube it's mostly I hit like and watch later hehe
yeah, I still go to YouTube for music videos haha.
Am really ain't active on those but I just keep them around incase of verification purposes. Hive is my 100%handle I'll rather bury alot of time on hive than waste them doing nothing on those social platforms. But aside from hive I do spend 1 hour everyday watching tiktok cause it refreshes my brain especially when am stuck writing a post
I am not a tiktok fan due to the way it operates. By the way you're right,it's better to spend time on hive 😊
Hmm how does it operate enlighten me more on that please
Haha it happens to all of us, unfortunately. Lol!
I don't have Instagram, but I use X. I find X an interesting place, it takes a while to filter through to follow the people whom I find interesting.
X is definitely cool. That's where most corporation here is also faster in replying haha and actually news cycle these days is X then instagram then everywhere else on the internet. It's nice that you don't have instagram, I think it's pretty rare 😆
Haha yes I know! With Facebook, X, as well as Hive, it's enough to keep me busy. :)
I stay away from both of them but I do have a need for IG. One of the podcasts I am enjoying listening to I want to ask them to do an episode on a topic but they don’t have a website or email address for things like this so unfortunately I have to use IG.
It’s best to stay off those things during our normal day to day and stick to a place like hive. It is helpful for travel and restaurants, we have used it for similar things ourselves but need to control it!
Control is definitely a must when dealing with these things. It's why when I am not traveling, I rarely open it hehe😂 during my normal day, I'd keep it away for my sanity hehe
I am out of social media, only access WhatsApp to communicate....else for me..Hive is much better..
I am trying to be a lot less reliant on it. Even WhatsApp is only for family and friends hehe. Hive is definitely one of the better options.
A friend of mine is telling me to have an Instagram account. I heard nice things about that social platform many years ago.
You're right @macchiata sometimes, the hours that we spent scrolling in social media are a waste of time. 😊
I mean there can be good thing about it but it can also be problematic. As long as you have great control over your time, I don't think having it is a problem
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